Friday, January 16, 2015

movoto | Things can really change over the years, and that includes a place’s safety.

Population grows, police forces change hands, new regulations are put
into practice… there are a multitude of factors that can cause the
crime rate to soar or plummet, no matter where you live. This can be
seen fairly easily when it comes to state crime statistics in
particular.

Here at the Movoto Real Estate
Blog, we’re all about analyzing data, so it was an obvious choice to
look into how much crime rates have changed in each state over the last
10 years. Using FBI Uniform Crime Reports, we compiled enough data to
see how crime has fluctuated across the United States.

If you want to know more about how we created these maps, you can
check the methodology section at the end of this article for additional
information. For now, though, let’s discuss some interesting things we
found out about crime over the last decade.

The National Average Is Actually Dropping

With the news always talking about major crimes and tragedies across
America, you might think that crime is only getting worse. Actually,
after looking at the numbers, we found that the national average of
crimes per 100,000 people has been dropping steadily for a decade.

In fact, in 2004, there were 3,824.34 crimes per 100,000 people on
average in the U.S. For the most recent FBI Uniform Crime Report in
2013, there was over a 20 percent decrease in crime compared to just 10
years prior.

This is great news, not just for the nation, but for many states in particular.